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Active 6 years ago-
Squidge replied to the topic Den monthly competition September 2018 in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 8 months ago
All the colour disappeared from her world the day she moved in with him.
It’s minimalist, he told her. A blank canvas.
Surely, a blank canvas exists for the sole purpose of being filled, she wanted to say.
But didn’t, because it was all too new, too fresh, too…him. And more than anything else, she wanted him.
As time went on she still…[Read more]
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Squidge posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
@janeshuff – Terrible Minds is Chuck Wendig’s blog. Often off-the-wall, pretty sweary at times, but full of useful writing stuff. http://terribleminds.com
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Squidge replied to the topic Den of Writers – Forum Feedback part 2 in the forum Admin and Technical 7 years, 8 months ago
I raised the same question earlier – Jules suggested putting it into the blogs like we used to, but do you mean the list of blogs we used to have on the side? It’d be lovely to have that, but I’d feel a bit funny about the Scribbles being quite so visible, because my blog certainly isn’t always about writing…
We’d also have to have some way of…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic As an opening… in the forum Critiques 7 years, 9 months ago
Thanks Philippa – that does all make sense! Sounds like I need to now combine the stakes of the challenge with the overall feel…
The inciting incident isn’t actually that she can/can’t make an orb; it’s the fact that a little later, she decides to practise in secret, drains her Power and needs to refill… and at THAT point, discovers something…[Read more]
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Squidge started the topic The joy of prompts in the forum Blogs 7 years, 9 months ago
Had a great night at NIBS this week, our little creative writing group in Nanpantan. As I am Chief Prompt Finder, it got me thinking about what I prefer to use and why – and what kind of prompts work best in group settings.
So I’ve mused a bit on the Scribbles; you can see what prompts we used this week, and I’ve also posted a piece I wrote using…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Den monthly competition September 2018 in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 9 months ago
At the very least, it needs a trigger warning…
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Squidge replied to the topic As an opening… in the forum Critiques 7 years, 9 months ago
Is this the kind of thing peeps meant? Still needs a tweak or two, yet, but…
By Tilda’s twenty-sixth attempt to produce an illuminorb, Silviu’s patience was wearing thin.
“Concentrate, Tilda,” the Ambakian powermage snapped.
“I am concentrating.” Tilda rubbed her palm against her trouser leg. It felt hot; surely she must’ve been close to…[Read more]
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Squidge posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
OK – Testing, because a minute ago I was locked out of my own thread…
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Squidge replied to the topic As an opening… in the forum Critiques 7 years, 9 months ago
Thanks Jonathan, Raine – more food for thought!
Glad you’d read on, though… 😉
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Squidge posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Fab night at NIBS last night – some amazing work coming out of the group. Not least because of a prompt that had middle-aged Gwendoline going on the rampage in the works canteen wearing underwear made from Wotsits, and evading security on a hostess trolley…
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Squidge replied to the topic On a more positive note… in the forum Blogs 7 years, 9 months ago
Thanks, Gipps – and you should see my scrap bag! I’m sure there’s at least another quilt in there trying to get out, plus a couple of sets of squares that I need to do something with…
Next quilting project is one for my son – I’m aiming to get it done by the time he goes to uni. Which gives me a year…eeek!!
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Squidge replied to the topic Writing Advice in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 9 months ago
Choose ring bound notebooks to scribble ideas in; you’ll never lose your pen if you keep one clipped down the inside of the rings…
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Squidge replied to the topic As an opening… in the forum Critiques 7 years, 9 months ago
Jane – yes, this is the start of number 2…
Will have a think about the success bit… If two peeps think it, you might well have a point. 😉
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Squidge posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
We used to have a place for Writing Prompts on the cloud…can’t remember where. Is there any mileage in having the same here? And if so, is the Lifeboat the best place for it? Happy to kick one off if folks want it – I’m heading to NIBS tonight and there’s a couple of corkers we’re going to be using…
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